Letter from Quentin Roosevelt to Flora Whitney

Subject(s): Airplanes, Military, World War (1914-1918)

Quentin Roosevelt tells his fiancée Flora Whitney about his various flying activities in France, including drawings of formations. He also encloses a snapshot and looks forward to being together with Flora “whenever this is done with.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-02-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Recipient

Miller, Flora Whitney

Language

English

Period

(1913-1919, January 6) Post-Presidential Years

Page Count

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

Electronic copy sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. For reproduction or publication permission, contact the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Quentin Roosevelt to Flora Whitney. [February 4, 1918]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311341. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918. Letter from Quentin Roosevelt to Flora Whitney. [4 Feb. 1918]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311341.

APA:

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918., [1918, February 4]. Letter from Quentin Roosevelt to Flora Whitney.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o311341.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Harvard College Library. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.

APA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.